August 11, 2010

A very comprehensive article and analysis by Facebook's friend, Fatimah Zuhri. A must read.

1. The Teoh Beng Hock (TBH) saga is no doubt one of the key issues which had stirred up the anger of some Malaysian Chinese against the current Malaysian Federal Government.

2. Let us not kid our self here. The TBH was and is a tragic issue which was used/abused as a political tool. They believed that MACC is a Malay-UMNO institution which had been involved in the murder of their own Chinese kin.

3. Of course these are all bunch of fantasy born out of blind hatred.

4. How this blind hatred came to be? What has been going on regarding the inquest? In this article I will try my best to answer all these questions with facts. I will do my very best to present this as balance as possible (read: at least 90% of the links/sources must come from pro-Pakatan Opposition websites!). LOL.

5. WHO WAS TEOH BENG HOCK ?

Teoh Beng Hock (TBH) was a political assistant to the newly elected "wakil rakyat" for Seri Kembangan (DAP) Ean Yong Hian Wah.

TBH was called by MACC as one of the many witnesses to help them to investigate the allegations of corruption against some of the DAP State Exco members. He was not treated as a suspect but as a witness.

His last day was supposedly on the 17th July 2010. The night before, he promise the MACC investigators that he will bring important documents which will verified what he had said for the past 2 days.

When his interview ended, he was invited by the MACC investigators and went along with them for a late supper before he went back to Plaza Masalam to rest on the sofa there. There he met probably the last person he saw, the Kajang Municipal Councillor, Tan Boon Wah (DAP).

7. If TBH was supposed to give TBH the important document,would it not be stupid of MACC to murder him as claimed by pro-Pakatan media/blogs?

An excellent question! However I have yet to read in MalaysiaKini or TheMalaysiaInsider, any of their journalists asking this question. Please email it to steven@malaysiakini.com or jsadiq@themalaysianinsider.com

8. Who made the allegations which led to the investigation?

On 13 July 2009, PKR MP for Wangsa Maju wrote in his blog that some members of the Selangor State Excos were involved in some illegal triad activities and corruption of state funds (read: Duit RAKYAT). This revelation had angered some members of MP Wangsa Maju's own Pakatan members. Strangely most of this anger came dominantly from a single party, DAP. PKR was defending its MP and PAS was silent.

Until today, 11 August 2010, Tan Boon Hwa has not make either a formal complaint to MACC or to the police or sue the MACC for the so called "threat".

However the damage was done. By evening of that day, blogs and forum were full with speculations and condemnation of MACC. Although the PM atthat time ask the public to remain calm, the image of MACC as a ruthless andviolent organization has been stick to the mind especially of the Chinese.

Images upon images of TBH's mourning family were shown by all the Chinese dailies. In these dailies, many of the shots contains only images of DAP leaders. Although there were MCA and GERAKAN leaders there, for some reason, their images were deemed unworthy.

Soon after the word murder was link permanently with MACC. Bear in mind, not a single Pakatan leader high ranking leader have come outwith statements stating MACC murdered TBH. However they do encourage theirfoot-soldiers who were making the rounds on the internet accusing MACC with all kind of nasty things.

MCA and GERAKAN leaders were cornered and pressured. This left UMNO to defend the MACC, an organization which was born from the Parliament. When more and more UMNO members came to defend MACC against the rising tide of unjustified accusations, the link were made that MACC is nothing more than an UMNO controlled tool.

Since the start until today, there has not been a single request in relation to TBH case that the Pakatan opposition requested, that the Government did not deliver/gave in. They requested for an inquest or a royal commission.This was granted.

Unlike a court trial where the judge can sentence X or Y tojail, an inquest have no such power. The way inquest is run is also different.It is extremely important for people to understand the differences between a court trial (e.g. Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy Trial) and a Coroner's Inquest (e.g. TBH Inquest).

In this inquest the TBH family is represented by Gobind Singh Deo, the DAP MP for Puchong.

11. Since TBH worked for DAP ADUN, assisted the MACC oninvestigation against DAP Exco members, is it not bias for Gobind Singh Deo (DAP MP for Puchong) to represent the family?

Excellent observation!

However, you have to understand "the law". It is only BIAS if this kind of arrangement wasdone by BN only. If it was done by other Pakatan opposition, it is not bias, it is justice. LOL.

12. How did Dr Pornthip came to the 80% homicide thingy?

An early initial investigation which was done a couple of days after the body was found showed that TBH had fallen from the 14th floor of Plaza Masalam without any unexplained injuries. But as expected this early initial investigation was rejected by the DAP lawyers who now speak on behalf of the late TBH family.

On the 21st October 2009, Dr Pornthip shocked thenation by declaring that by reading the first post mortem report and just by looking at the pictures only, there is a 80% chance that TBH died due to homicide (killed).

Bear in mind, in the 1st post mortem, Dr Pornthip was not involved. Even before making thata shocking statement, she never saw the cadaver of the late TBH up close and personal. Her statement was made solely based on reading the 1st post mortem report and a few pictures which was shown to her during her day in at the inquest on October 21st, 2009.

The 1st autopsy report concluded that TBH committed suicide. This post mortem was conducted by 3 local forensic experts.

Strangely, the 1st autopsy report did not get the attention it deserved. Instead what was shown on the front-page of most of the pro-Pakatan media was the 80% homicide. Heck, even pro-establishment media such as The Star push the result of the 1st post mortem aside and opted for the more "interesting" 80% statement by DrPornthip.

The same as the 1st autopsy report. Dr Vanezis himself admitted that TBH died because of suicide. Vanezis, in his testimony,said Teoh was conscious at the time of his fall and there was no proof that hewas strangled.

Only the pro-Pakatan people did not believe both the 1st autopsy report and the 2nd autopsy report. They accused the local experts as bias for the Government.

16. Why not much media on Dr Venici result?

The pro-Pakatan people accused Dr Vanezis as being paid by MACC so his opinion cannot be used and unfair.

17. Why some still argue that Dr Pornthip 80% homicide is correct despite the result from 1st and 2nd autopsy?

Since Dr Pornthip is paid by the Pakatan Opposition Selangor State Govt so she must be a fair and correct. Dr Vanezis and the other 4 Malaysian experts are paid by MACC and the Govt so they must be wrong and bias. LOL.

The NOTE is a piece of paper written by Teoh Beng Hock just a few hours before he was found dead. Some people have said it is a "suicide note". What is known about the letter is that the letter was addressed to TBH's employer, the Seri Kembangan ADUN Ean Yong.

In that letter TBH was purported to write (in Chinese) that he had to tell MACC everything, that he apologize if this causes problem to the party (DAP) and that he will commit suicide.

The letter first came to the notice of the public on 24th July 2010 when Jaringan Melayu Muda accused the lawyer representing the Government, Tan Hock Chuan, of withholding the note written by TBH in Chinese.

Until today we still have no idea the response from TBH family. All we hear are angry words coming from their lawyer, Gobind Singh Deo.

23. Why the family lawyer is angry with the suicide note?

I don't know. By right, the lawyer should be happy that finally his clients can get some peace knowing what really happened to their son. But because this lawyer also has vested interest I guess that is why lar...

24. Is the note authentic?

Yes. The AG had said one of the reasons it took so long is because it needed to be verified. Even the Pakatan leaders are not questioning the authenticity of the content of the letter.

25. Why Tan Hock Chuan did not give the letter earlier tothe AG?

Nobody knows. Some people say that he betrayed his client(the Government). But in my opinion maybe he "just forgot lar".

Whatever the reason is, Tan Hock Chuan is safe. Pakatan will not touch or demonize him. To touch him will mean reduction in Chinese votes in GE.

However the poor Attorney General will get the bullet shots andthe firing has started. It does not matter because demonizing the AG is like killing two birds with one stone (Anwar Ibrahim and RPK have wanted to removethe AG since June 2008).

26. Is it true that the AG with held the evidence?

First of all, we do not know when Tan Hock Chuan gave the note to the AG.

Second, even if Tan Hock Chuan gave the AG two months or 12months ago, the note is still valid.

The fact is (Gobind Deo himself knows this) you can't be accused of withholding or holding back evidence when the Coroner's Inquest is still on-going.

a) Pakatan especially DAP will try to shift the attention of the RAKYAT from the content of the letter.

b) The Pakatan DAP together with numerous pro-Pakatan NGOs will attack the Attorney General.

c) They will somehow blame this all on UMNO.

d) Gobind Singh Deo will try to postponed and keep postponing the Inquest until the GE 13.

e) Basically this Inquest will mirror that of Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy trial.

Not so much focusing on the details at hand but instead focusing on trivial side-issues such as does Dr Vanezis "had an affair with one of the nurses" or does Dr Shahidan's "maid work with proper visa" or perhaps whether Dr Prashant's is a doctor or not. LOL.